Linux web hosting vs windows web hosting

Linux Hosting is a type of web hosting ran by servers with Linux installed. In other words if Linux operating system is installed in a web server then hosting provided by that server is called Linux Hosting. Linux is considered to be safe, reliable, and economical and it is preferred for demanding website environments.

Normally people don’t use Linux web hosting as they think that they will not operate Linux as they run Windows on their PCs. This is a complete misconception. There is no impact of the operating system you use on your PC on the operating system web host uses in the web server.

If you compare Linux hosting plans with windows then you can conclude that Linux website hosting plans are much more reliable, cheap, safe and secure. No doubt Windows is more user friendly than Linux but today more and more people are adopting this open source technology.  

Advantages of linux web hosting over windows web hosting

Linux hosting plans have lots of advantages over Windows web hosting. Linux is a mature hosting platform and has more experience than Windows in hosting. As I have discussed earlier that Linux is more secure than windows therefore spamming and hacking is also quite less with Linux Hosting. Moreover there is no comparison of Linux stability with any other operating system. Linux/Unix operating systems has traditionally been believed to be very stable and robust.

It is easy to move a website designed for a LINUX based web server onto a windows based web server. Reverse is not possible. Linux is known as an "open source" operating system, i.e. there is no licensing fee to pay. Therefore, compared to Windows, Linux is very cheap.